Soldersmoke92

Get it at http://www.soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke92.mp3

Mega Parts Storage

Have a lot of parts to store? Here's a great way to store them. More at http://www.vk2zay.net/article.php/66

W4BQF: QRQ or Copying CW over 70 wpm

Don't pass this article up because it talks about super high speed CW. Some of the suggestions apply to all speeds.

Quite often I am asked "How can you copy CW at 70 wpm and higher?" Since it's pretty insulting just to answer by saying "Practice, practice, practice", I normally wind up emailing back a synopsis on how I learned to do it. Others have used different methods of achieving QRQ copy by ear.

What I have to say on this subject is only my own personal opinion, which normally does not agree with everyone else!

I really don't believe in the various methods of learning code. I think learning to copy high speed code is much simpler than following someone else's method of learning to copy QRQ. What I am sharing with you is things that I found to work for me.

More at http://tom.w4bqf.googlepages.com/COPYINGCWOVER70WPM

M0KHZ: Signal to noise ratio

New Sunspot Appears

A cycle 24 sunspot has appeared today and it is a big one, at least bigger than any of the previous cycle 24 spots. The good times are coming.

SOLAR ACTIVITY & HF PROPAGATION

Here is a very good article that explains how the Sun works and how it effects radio communications. It's a bit technical, but if you can manage to understand it you'll be a propagation guru and amaze your friends.

Find it at http://www.qrparci.org/mambo/pdf/FDIM81.pdf

W2LJ: Station in a Box

More at http://w2lj.blogspot.com/2008/09/station-in-box.html